Great dust mask shaped face mask video & pattern
On YouTube I found a great video by Fabric Patch explaining in great detail
how to make a face mask shaped like a dust mask. The PDF pattern they used was
adapted slightly from craftpassion.com. I made two today and like the fit much
better than the rectangular pleated mask. They use a small piece of aluminum from a
disposable food pan and insert it between the fabric layers to form a shape that bends around
your nose. They recommend 5″ long elastic to ft over your ears but it was too short for my head so I made mine 7″ long.
Pat Ashton
Easy Binding for Ties
(Note: The binding for ties does not need to be biased. WOF works)
Wonderfully easy, no marking, pinning.
Judy Saucerman
Midwife Group on Chatham Parkway needs Masks
I work at the Midwife Group on Chatham Parkway in Savannah, a freestanding birt center. We are having trouble getting face masks for ourselves and our patients. Any amount of cloth masks to distribute to our patients and partners would be welcome. I plan to sew some myself the next day off I get.
Sherry Hartenbower
hartofmd@yahoo.com
309-339-4748
Filter for masks
For a filter for the masks I am making I am using the inner lining inside my vacuum bag. Once sewn into the mask it can gently be hand washed but not ironed nor put into dryer…I learn the iron will melt it. This lining keeps out dust and allergens. A Hepa filter fabric would be the best but I don’t have any. Ann Welch
Summit West Care Nurses are Covered!
It warms your heart to see how appreciative nurses are to get the masks. Our daughter, Shelley, lives in Grand Junction, CO and is an RN with 24 nurses that report to her. They are taking care of Covid-19 patients at the patient’s home and had little supplies. These masks help them save the few n95 masks for the identified virus patients and use the fabric masks for other visits, such as wound care. They can also use the fabric masks over the n95 masks to extend the life of the mask.
A special thanks go to Judy King, Gloria Bailey and Judy Saucerman for being part of this effort and sewing these masks. You are sewing warriors!
Renee
